5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TALKS

TALKS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːks//ˈtɔks//ˈtɑks/

Noun

plural of talk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of talk

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How TALKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALKS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,107 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE GOIER DRONE ROUET MORNE MOIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALKS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,107 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALKS ranks #2,107 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
11
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
171
168
163
162
117
103
93
69
65
54
47
43
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36
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32
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25
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALKS:

20% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
7% chance
Suggested:
GOIER
7% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

19.5% →
RIONE 6.13 bits
7.3% →
GOIER 5.21 bits
7.1% →
DRONE 5.54 bits
6.9% →
ROUET 5.38 bits
6.9% →
RIONE 5.51 bits
5.0% →
MORNE 4.79 bits
4.4% →
MOIRE 4.47 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 4.91 bits
2.9% →
RIONE 4.84 bits
2.8% →
SPAER 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for TALKS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

T1A1L1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.